Carceral Humanitarianism

Carceral Humanitarianism

Logics of Refugee Detention

Kelly Oliver

Considering the uneasy alliance between humanitarian aid, human rights, and military operations

102 Pages, 5 x 7 in

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Carceral Humanitarianism

Logics of Refugee Detention

Series: Forerunners: Ideas First

Kelly Oliver

ISBN: 9781452955469

Publication date: February 27th, 2017

102 Pages

7 x 5

Coopted by military operations, humanitarianism has never been neutral. Rather than welcoming refugees, host countries assess the relative risks of taking them in versus turning them away, using a risk-benefit analysis that often reduces refugees to collateral damage in proxy wars fought in the war on terrorism. Carceral Humanitarianism testifies that humanitarian aid and human rights discourse are always political and partisan.

Forerunners is a thought-in-process series of breakthrough digital works. Written between fresh ideas and finished books, Forerunners draws on scholarly work initiated in notable blogs, social media, conference plenaries, journal articles, and the synergy of academic exchange. This is gray literature publishing: where intense thinking, change, and speculation take place in scholarship.

Kelly Oliver is W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University.